Mr. Oliverio
has commissioned me
to write this page
exactly one week before
I reach that most
spiritually numerical age
There is an abundance
of alternatives to
ONE man having 72 virgins
without sacrificing
any dereliction
in his behavior
The man can have a pair
of 36-year-olds
because (2 x 36 = 72)
or
He can have
three 24-year-olds
preferably blonde,
busty and hot-to-trot
or
There can be
four 18-year-olds
all of legal age
and illicit pleasures
or
A six-pack
of 12-year-olds
bordering on puberty
or
Eight nine-year-olds
with
a bouquet of questions
tickling their hearts
What if we considered
all of the above
through the looking glass?
Nine 8-yr-olds
could field a softball team
or
A dozen 6-yr-olds
could create
a crater of cacophony
but
Eighteen 4-yr-olds
could field a softball game
with much comic relief
However,
twenty-four 3-yr-olds
would wreak so much havoc
in a pre-school
that it would have no choice
but to convert to
a nunnery
and
thirty-six 2-yr-olds
could form their own
terrorist organization
Penultimately,
I wish a belated
Happy 72nd Birthday
to Mr. Oliverio
and
a prelated
Happy 72nd Birthday
to myself
Given the multiple choices
listed here,
there is always one more
—The Existential Option—
That choice is
None Of The Above
***
FRANCES STEERLING
My next page
is here
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